Glowing, optimistic predictions about an explosion in holiday sales mask an important distinction between the money a retailer is taking in and the amount of product it's actually moving.
A growing number of manufacturers are reshoring at least a part of their operations to the U.S. or making plans to do so. But they still face significant hurdles.
It can be argued that 2026 has been a troubling year for food safety in the U.S., just not for the reasons that frequent recall headlines might have us believe.
The CEOs of Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe presented sharply contrasting views of the impact on shippers of the proposed merger of the UP with Norfolk Southern.